Alexandre Vital Rivette (1773 - 1810)

Born 7 Aug 1773 in Louisiana, New Spain

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Euphroisine Lanclos — married 4 Oct 1802 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1810 at age 37 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, Orleans Territory, United States

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Biography

Birth

Alexandre Vital (also Vidal) Rivet, son of Michel Maximilien Rivet and Cecile Landry of Acadia, was born 7 August 1773 in Louisiana, possibly at Fort St. Gabriel of Manchac (now Iberville Parish). He may have been baptized informally shortly after birth, but his formal christening was recorded 14 December 1773 at St. Louis Church in New Orleans.

" RIVETE, Alexandro Vital (Miguel and Cecilia ANDRY, of the parish of Machat [@Manchac]), bcs. [Baptismal ceremonies supplied] Dec. 14, 1773, bn. Aug. 7, 1773, s. [sponsors] Alexandro ANDRY & Genoveva LANDI [@ANDRY [sic]], of this parish (SLC, B7, 33)."^[1]

Note: Acadians who arrived in 1767 from Maryland were sent to Fort St. Gabriel by Spanish Governor Uloa. They built the church of St. Gabriel in 1769. ^[2]

Marriage

Alexandre and Marie Euphrosine Lanclos were married 4 October 1802 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish.^[3][4]

Children

1. Francois Rivet, b. 11 Mar 1805
2. Alexandre Rule Rivet, b. 29 Mar 1807
3. Marie Caroline Rivet, b. 26 Oct 1809

1810 Census^[5]

"Vital Rivet" was enumerated as the head of a household in Iberville Parish, located on the "right bank" [West bank] of the Mississippi River. The early censuses didn't identify other members of the household by name, but counted them by race, gender and age group. Based on known or estimated ages from other sources, the following people were probably counted in his household:

• Vital Rivette, free white male age 16 to 25 [sic; he was probably closer to about age 36]
• Marie Euphrosine Lanclos, free white female 16 to 26 years old.
• Francois Rivette, free white male under age ten
• Alexandre Rule Rivette, free white male under age ten
• Marie Caroline Rivette, free white female under age ten
• 4 slaves

Death

Alexandre died at age 37, and was buried 9 September 1810 at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish.^[6]

His succession was filed on 15 September 1810 in Iberville Parish probate court.^[7]

Slaves

Following is a list of enslaved persons owned by Vital Rivet that could be specifically identified.

• Juan/Jean, b. about 1776: male, black, adult, born in Calabar (African language group Kwa). Sold as "Juan" by Christoval de Armas of New Orleans to Vital Rivet, 18 March 1803. Described in an inventory of Vidal Rivet's estate dated 2 Sep 1806 as "Jean", age 30.^[8][9]
• Lindor/Lendor, b. about 1777: male, black, adult, born Calabar (African language group Kwa). Sold as "Lindor" by Christoval de Armas of New Orleans to Vital Rivet, 18 March 1803. Described in an inventory of Vidal Rivet's estate dated 2 Sep 1806 as "Lendor", age 29.^[8][9]
• Louise, b. about 1792: female, black. Described in an inventory of Vidal Rivet's estate dated 2 Sep 1806, age 14.^[8][9]
• A fourth enslaved person is indicated according to the 1810 census, but has not been identified.

Sources

1. ↑ Sacramental records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans ("SRNO") (New Orleans, Louisiana: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987-2004), vol. 3, p. 258; digitized PDF version available at nolacatholic.org
2. ↑ LeBlanc, Stanley, "thecajuns.com: genealogy, history and culture," online at URL http://www.thecajuns.com/oldnew.htm
3. ↑ Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Author: Catholic Church; Vol 2, 1770-1803; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; Personal Copy; p. 414; Text: (SGA-14, 40).
4. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD") (Rayne, Louisiana: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);
   • RIVET, Alexandre Vital (Michel Vital & Cecile LANDRY) m. 4 Oct. 1802 Marie Euphrossine LANCLOS of Attakapas (BRDA: SGA: 14, p.40)
   • LANCLOS, Marie Euphrossine of Attakapas (Antoine & Magdeleine MOLINOT) m. 4 Oct. 1802 Alexandre Vital RIVET (BRDA: SGA: 14, p.40)
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images (FamilySearch : accessed 5 February 2019), household of Vital Rivet, Iberville, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 168, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 181,355
6. ↑ Title: Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records; Author: Catholic Church; Vol 3, 1804-1819; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; p. 754;

   "Vidal [sic] Rivette, age 34, bur. 9 Sept. 1810 (SGA-8, 50)."

7. ↑ Le Raconteur, "Iberville Parish Successions, Probate Court, 1790-1846", by Ann DeVillier Riffel, vol. XVIII, no. 2 and nos. 3-4, Dec 1998, Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane, Inc. (Aug 1998); #32, A. Vitol Rivet, 15 Sep 1810
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy, 1718-1820, database, viewed 5 Feb 2019
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Ancestry.com, Louisiana, Slave Records, 1719-1820, index of various records, accessed 03 Jun 2017; Vital Rivet, Iberville Parish, purchase, 18 Mar 1803: Juan and Lindor/Lendor; also, Vital Rivet, Iberville Parish, inventory, 02 Sep 1806: Jean, Louise, and Lindor. [Note: The 1806 inventory appears to be for Vidal Rivette's estate, but he didn't die until 1810. Could his father Michel Vital actually have been the owner? A death record for Michel has not been found.]

See also:

• "Louisiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984," database with images, Estate Files From Attakapas County and Parish, La. and St. Martin Parish, La.; St. Martin Parish Court, Louisiana, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9067 #5770144, Vital Rivet, "Estate Files, No 948-981, 1842-1843," 13 images